English Explanatory Dictionary

megavirus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Certain viruses significantly larger than other known viruses
Any virus of the family Mimiviridae
Any virus of the proposed family Mimiviridae, genus Megavirus, represented by the newly discovered species Megavirus chilensis

Word forms

megavirus megaviruses

Etymology

From mega- + virus.

Derived words

megaviral

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